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History
 Websites presented in alphabetical order African American Labor History Links 
 Links to websites, journal articles, book excerpts, and film citations and reviews about the history of African Americans in the labor union movement, Martin Luther King, Jr. and the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike at which he was assassinated, and black history in general. http://www.afscme.org/publications/12440.cfm Topics: Black Resources, Labor, Notable People, United States History Last updated Jan 24, 2007 Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A History of American Sweatshops, 1820-Present
A virtual exhibit of documents, garments, signs, and other artifacts illustrating the sweatshop history, the global fashion industry, the 1995 El Monte sweatshop, and attitudes from six spokespeople about sweatshops in the United States. From the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. http://americanhistory.si.edu/sweatshops/ Topics: Labor, United States History Last updated Nov 17, 2004 The Bisbee Deportation of 1917
A brief history of this significant event in labor history. Included are full-text documents of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), or Wobblies, including their song book. Site also contains documents supporting the copper mining companies and a selected bibliography. Note: Site does not display well in Internet Explorer. From the University of Arizona Library. http://www.library.arizona.edu/exhibits/bisbee/ Topics: Activism, Geology, Labor, Technology, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Jan 15, 2007 Chicago Anarchists on Trial: Evidence from the Haymarket Affair, 1886-1887
"This collection showcases more than 3,800 images of original manuscripts, broadsides, photographs, prints and artifacts relating to the Haymarket Affair. The violent confrontation between Chicago police and labor protesters in 1886 proved to be a pivotal setback in the struggle for American workers' rights." Search by keyword or browse by subject, names, or transcript and exhibits from the trial of Illinois vs. August Spies et al. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ichihtml/ Topics: Activism, Labor, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Mar 3, 2004 The Dramas of Haymarket
A history of the Haymarket Affair and the emerging power of labor, putting it in context beginning with the Great Chicago Fire and the national railroad strike of 1877. Presented as a tragedy in five acts with prologue and epilogue, this history includes visual materials, artifacts, video segments (requires QuickTime), and various documents. Archives contains "copies of most of the original manuscripts, artifacts, broadsides, photographs, prints, transcript of witness testimony and the accompanying evidence from the trial," and more.There are also suggested readings. From the Chicago Historical Society and Northwestern University. http://www.chicagohistory.org/dramas/ Topics: Activism, Labor, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Political Parties & Theories, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Feb 25, 2004 The Everett Massacre
This collection features "215 images including photographs, art work, oral histories and movies that help tell the story of the 1916 labor confrontation [in Everett, Washington state] known as the Everett Massacre." Includes a bibliography. From the Everett Public Library, Everett, Wash. http://www.epls.org/nw/dig_emassacre.asp Topics: Labor, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, U.S. History By Place, United States History, Washington State: Business, Washington State: History By Place, Washington State: Photograph Collections, Washington State: Society & Social Issues Last updated Oct 7, 2006 Holt Labor Library
This site explores the "theoretical, historical, and experiential dimensions of the class struggle in the advanced industrialized world." The Internet Links section categorizes Web sites featuring labor-related news, law, libraries and archives, occupational health, periodicals, and the visual arts. The Monthly Feature elucidates history using biography, bibliographies, pictures, and articles. This San Francisco-based library contains an extensive reference collection. Site maintained by librarian Shannon Sheppard. http://www.holtlaborlibrary.org/ Topics: Jobs & Work, Labor, Librarianship, Political Parties & Theories, United States History Last updated May 11, 2008 Illinois Labor History Society
This organization encourages "the preservation and study of labor history materials of the Illinois Region." The site features information about Illinois labor history locations, curriculum materials, and brief articles on subjects such as Mother Jones (Mary Harris Jones), Samuel Gompers, and mine unions. http://www.kentlaw.edu/ilhs/ Topics: Geology, Labor, Technology, United States History Last updated Apr 27, 2005 International Institute of Social History (IISG)
The IISG sponsors and fosters research in the history of the working class. There is a catalog of its holdings, plus exhibits, publications, special projects, and other activities. Includes tables of contents to the International Review of Social History from 1995 to the present, and the full text of its newsletter. There is an excellent collection of Web resources as well. Updated weekly. Many parts are available in Dutch; some portions are in other languages. http://www.iisg.nl/ Topics: Education, History By Place, Labor, United States History Last updated Jul 24, 2002 Joe Hill: The Man Behind the Martyr
This site explores "the story of Joe Hill, a labor organizer executed by the state of Utah in 1915." Includes biographical information and timeline; information on labor and the labor movement of the early twentieth century; perspectives on Hill's controversial trial; and lyrics to songs written by the Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.) member, born Joel Emmanuel Haggland in Gavle, Sweden. Online companion to PBS program of same title. http://www.pbs.org/joehill/ Topics: Activism, Labor, Music, Musical Genres, Notable People, United States History Last updated Oct 2, 2004 Labor Press Project
"This site brings together information about the history and ongoing influence of newspapers and periodicals published by unions, labor councils, and radical organizations in the Pacific Northwest." Presents a history of labor journalism, and describes labor groups and publications. Features the mastheads of and details about radical newspapers, including the Seattle Union Record. From a University of Washington history and labor studies professor. http://faculty.washington.edu/gregoryj/laborpress/ Topics: Labor, Newspapers by Place: United States, U.S. History By Place, United States History, Washington State: Business, Washington State: History By Place, Washington State: Media, Washington State: Media By Place, Washington State: Society & Social Issues Last updated May 2, 2005 The Labor Project
"Dedicated to the preservation of labor and working-class history in the Pacific Northwest," this project was developed at the University of Oregon "as a portal for researchers to access the documentary history of labor in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest." Use this well-organized Web site to search the university's database of labor collections and documents, and to locate other labor organizations and projects. Covers rural and nontraditional work situations in addition to urban and industrial labor. http://libweb.uoregon.edu/dc/labor/ Topics: Agriculture, Labor, United States History, Washington State: Business, Washington State: Society & Social Issues Last updated May 24, 2006 Lost Labor: Images of Vanished American Workers 1900-1980
A browsable "selection of 155 photographs excerpted from a collection of more than 1100 company histories, pamphlets, and technical brochures....Many of the images document factories and jobs that no longer exist." Images may be browsed by category such as textile or automotive. Presented by "a visual artist interested in images of labor." http://www.lostlabor.com/ Topics: Labor, Nonfiction by Genre, Photography, Technology, United States History Last updated Apr 16, 2003 Migrant Labor Camp Photographs From the Harry Everett Drobish Papers, 1935-1936
"This collection of 63 photographic prints of various sizes documents migrant labor camps in California. ... Included are photographs of groups and buildings at the Arvin Migratory Labor Camp and other camps in Kern County, California. Also included are photographs of Hooverville in Sacramento, some taken by the California State Emergency Relief Administration." Searchable and browsable. From the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. A part of the Online Archive of California (OAC). http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf738nb5fr Topics: Agriculture, California Regions, California: Agriculture, California: Environment & Energy, California: Jobs and Work, California: Photograph Collections, California: Society & Social Issues, Emigration & Immigration, History, Labor, The Grapes of Web, United States History Last updated Sep 5, 2006 Migrant Labor Camps (Texas, Date Unknown)
Digitized photographs, with annotations, documenting conditions in Texas migrant labor camps in the 1930s. From The George I. Sánchez Papers, Benson Latin American Collection of The University of Texas at Austin. http://www.lib.utexas.edu/photodraw/sanchez/migrant_camps.html Topics: Agriculture, Labor, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, The Grapes of Web, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Apr 23, 2002 Mother Jones: The Woman
Article from Mother Jones magazine about its namesake Mary Harris Jones (Mother Jones). The article notes that "few remember much about Mother Jones, who battled corporate presidents and politicians, who went to jail repeatedly for organizing workers, and who converted tens of thousands of Americans to the labor movement and the left." Discusses her work as an organizer for the United Mine Workers in the 1890s and related activities. http://www.motherjones.com/news/special_reports/2001/05/motherjones_gorn.html Topics: Families, Geology, History, Industries, Labor, Notable People: Women, Technology, United States History Last updated Apr 25, 2005 Photographs of Agricultural Laborers in California, ca. 1906-1911
Ethnic groups in this collection include Japanese farm laborers; urban Chinese; and Mexican, Italian, and East Indian workers and communities. The rural and urban locations include Fresno, Gilroy, Los Angeles, Merced, Palo Alto, Ryde, San Francisco, the San Joaquin River area, San Jose, the Stockton area, Visalia, and Woodland. Searchable and browsable. From the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. A part of the Online Archive of California (OAC). http://findaid.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf200007qw Topics: Agriculture, California: Agriculture, California: Environment & Energy, California: History, California: Jobs and Work, California: Photograph Collections, California: Society & Social Issues, History, Labor, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, The Grapes of Web, United States History Last updated Jul 3, 2006 Picturing California's Migrant Children: Orville Goldner's Photographic Trek of 1940
An online photography exhibit with an accompanying essay about the "children, their schools, and the living conditions [of] the 350,000 impoverished migrant workers who came to California during the mid to late 1930's." From Meriam Library, California State University, Chico. http://www.csuchico.edu/lspr/migrant/splash.html Topics: Agriculture, California: Agriculture, California: History, California: Photograph Collections, California: Society & Social Issues, Emigration & Immigration, Labor, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, The Grapes of Web, United States History Last updated Nov 17, 2004 Remembering the Flint Sit-Down Strike, 1936-1937
This interactive exhibit explores the 1936-37 strike at General Motors in Flint, Mich., through numerous oral histories, an audio timeline, a map of the strike location, and a narrated slideshow. Searchable. From Michigan State University, "created with support from the National Science Foundation and National Endowment for the Humanities." http://www.historicalvoices.org/flint/ Topics: Activism, Business, Labor, Nonfiction by Genre, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Jul 21, 2006 Sam Reiss: An Eyewitness to Labor History, 1948-1975
"Often referred to as 'labor's photographer,' Sam Reiss used his camera to capture historic events that shaped American labor." This online exhibit presents Reiss's photos of labor unions, demonstrations and rallies, labor and civil rights leaders, and related subjects. Browse by year or subject. From the Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives at New York University. http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/collections/exhibits/tam/reiss/ Topics: Labor, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Photography, United States History Last updated Aug 18, 2003 Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History
"This site explores the history of movements for racial and economic justice in Seattle and western Washington State." Describes restrictive covenants applied to many Seattle neighborhoods and King County suburbs from 1910 through the 1960s. Features profiles of Seattle civil rights activists and organizations. Includes photographs, information about Seattle's ethnic press, and research reports on specific civil rights events. Searchable. From a University of Washington history and labor studies professor. http://depts.washington.edu/civilr/ Topics: Black Resources, Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Labor, U.S. History By Place, United States History, Washington State: Business, Washington State: History By Place, Washington State: Regions, Washington State: Society & Social Issues Last updated Dec 8, 2005 Seattle General Strike Project
This project "is a guide to the historical study of the Seattle General Strike of 1919 and related issues. It offers links to original research reports, published articles, photographs, political cartoons, document facsimiles, and extensive bibliographic and archival guides. In addition, there are links to related web projects." From the University of Washington Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies. http://faculty.washington.edu/gregoryj/strike/ Topics: Labor, U.S. History By Place, United States History, Washington State: Business, Washington State: History By Place, Washington State: Regions Last updated Nov 2, 2005 The Solidarity Phenomenon
(Note: the main page of this site can be glacially slow to load.) A history of the first trade union in Eastern Europe independent of Communist rule, chronologically organized along a timeline between 1980 and 1981. Each section has photographs, quotes from workers and other people involved, and images of posters. Also available in several other European languages. From the Polish government. http://www.solidarnosc.gov.pl/ Topics: History By Place, Labor Last updated Feb 22, 2007 Solidarnosc/Solidarity
The official site of Solidarity, the independent and self-governing trade union founded in Poland in 1980. Includes a history of the union and the work of Lech Walesa, its purpose, news of strikes and other general union issues, and the structure and constitution of the organization. Also available in Polish. http://www.solidarnosc.org.pl/eng1.htm Topics: History By Place, Labor, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Sep 2, 2005 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
On March 25, 1911, a fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in New York City killed 146 factory workers. This site, prepared "specifically to assist high school students in writing research papers from primary sources," documents this historic disaster and its aftermath with a collection of photographs, oral histories, political cartoons, audio survivor interviews, copies of original documents, articles, bibliography, and links to related online resources. http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/trianglefire/ Topics: Labor, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Nov 17, 2004 Voices from the Dust Bowl: the Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection, 1940-41
Covering 1940 and 1941, this collection documents the lives of Dust Bowl migrants living in Farm Security Administration (FSA) camps in California. It provides searchable access to 371 audio titles including songs, interviews and recordings of camp meetings, 23 graphic images, a sampling of the recording's dust jackets, and all the print material in the Migrant Worker Collection, including the full-text of over 100 songs. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/afctshtml/ Topics: Agriculture, California: Agriculture, California: Environment & Energy, California: Jobs and Work, California: Society & Social Issues, Emigration & Immigration, Internet, Labor, Music, The Grapes of Web, United States History Last updated Feb 4, 2004 Walter P. Reuther Library
"Established in 1960 to collect and preserve records of the American labor movement, with special emphasis upon industrial unionism and related social, economic, and political organizations in the United States." Features a list of links to industrial relations libraries and urban and labor archives, online exhibits, and stories from the collection. Located at Wayne State University in Detroit. http://www.reuther.wayne.edu/ Topics: Labor, United States History Last updated Jan 5, 2004 The Way We Worked
"Work and workplaces have gone through enormous transformations between the mid 19th and late 20th centuries. You can view these changes through photographs held by the National Archives and Records Administration. These historical photographs document: clothing, locales, conditions, and conflict in our workplaces." See photos of mine workers, police officers, mail sorters, picket lines, and more. http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/twww/ Topics: Jobs & Work, Labor Last updated Aug 27, 2007 Women's Labor History Links
A good directory of links to general women's labor history resources, labor song lyrics, biographies of women leaders (including Mother Jones, Lucy Parsons, Dolores Huerta, and Karen Silkwood), and organizations such as the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and the Women's Trade Union League. Some information also available in Spanish. From the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). http://www.afscme.org/publications/12441.cfm Topics: History, Labor, Notable People, Notable People: Women, United States History Last updated Oct 27, 2006 Work 'n' Progress
"An online labor history curriculum program designed for middle and high school students." This website presents a detailed history of the labor movement in the southern United States, from the colonial and antebellum eras to the present. Features documents and images covering the textile industry, unions, the Great Depression, and other topics. From the Southern Labor Archives, Georgia State University Library. http://www.library.gsu.edu/spcoll/pages/area.asp?ldID=105&guideID=511 Topics: Labor, Lesson Plans, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Jul 8, 2008 Working Heroes: Men and Women Who Shaped America's Labor Movement
Brief biographies of U.S. labor leaders. Individuals include César Chávez ("folk hero and symbol of hope who organized a union of farmworkers"), Eugene Debs ("apostle of industrial unionism"), George Meany ("builder of the modern AFL-CIO"), and Frances Perkins ("committed labor secretary and first woman in a presidential cabinet position"). From the AFL-CIO. http://www.aflcio.org/aboutus/history/history/bios.cfm Topics: Labor, Notable People Last updated Aug 27, 2007 Worklore: Brooklyn Workers Speak
This site "explores the work lives of Brooklynites as they made, and continue to make, their living in the borough. Using photographs and personal quotes, this online exhibition compares the experience of working in the past to doing so today." The site addresses the themes of racial bias, women's changing work roles, immigrants, and unemployment. Includes a game, classroom materials, a bibliography, and links. A project of The Brooklyn Historical Society and Brooklyn Public Library. http://www.worklore.net/ Topics: Labor, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Apr 28, 2004 WWW Virtual Library: Labour History
A directory of Web sites about labor "to assist historians, political and social scientists, and others with a historical interest." Topics include countries world-wide, libraries, museums, associations, journals, anarchism, gender, Jewish labor, Marxism, and more. Maintained by the International Institute of Social History, located in Amsterdam. A Virtual Library site. http://www.iisg.nl/~w3vl/ Topics: Business, Labor, United States History Last updated Jun 1, 2005 |
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